>Can I just check the following with folks on the list
>
>I have what I would like to be a well-formed, but not valid, document:
>
><!DOCTYPE mydocname [
><!ENTITY entityname "Some replacement text">
>]>
>
><mydocname>&entityname;</mydocname>
>
>Question:
>If I have to include a !DOCTYPE declaration in order to declare
>entities, am I also forced to declare the root element with an !ELEMENT
>decl. too?
No, not at all. What you have above is well-formed, but not valid, just as
you want.
James
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